Limes with Orange

I was trying to limit my Rock Star: INXS posts to the two per week that I've been doing but, after watching tonight's reality episode, I found I had a few things to say.

First off, the recap of last week reminded me of J.D. crashing and burning in the recording studio. Did INXS even take that into account when they chose to send home Ty Taylor instead? Or were they only thinking about the ratings when they chose to keep the less talented but more controversial J.D. Fortune?

Secondly, I have decided who Suzie is replacing in my top three (with the disclaimer that it could well change again tomorrow night). My new top three is Suzie McNeil, Marty Casey and MiG Ayesa. I still LOVE Jordis Unga but her lack of experience is becoming evident in all of the stuff that goes along with being a rock star. Like choosing to go for that nearly impossible note in "Dream On" but then going ahead and changing the melody of the new INXS song. Or her inability to bounce back after disappointment (which is why I think her performance in the bottom three was so underwhelming). Or her lack of communication skills and confidence when trying to arrange her original song with the house band. (I want to hear what the real Jordis sounds like, not what somebody thinks she should sound like. As talented as the house band is, they can't get inside her head and translate her thoughts into sound.) So I'm thinking that maybe she needs to grow some more on her own before being thrust into the international spotlight as lead singer for such an established band. I'm afraid that she might lose some of herself in the process.

By contrast, I think that INXS pushes Marty to be more than just a metal guy, which I fear he might lapse into if he doesn't make it here. Not that I don't like Angry Marty, but he has so much more to offer than that. So for him, I think that INXS would help him be the best Marty that he can be (ick, that sentence sounded really touchy-feely, self-help-book-ish to me... do me a favour and strip away that sickly sentiment when you read it).

Finally, I've had a few people looking for information on the house band. And given how much I've been raving about them, I was a little curious myself. So here's the link to the information posted on the Rock Star website: The House Band. And here are a few more links that I found:

Paul Mirkovich, House Band Musical Director/Keyboardist/Background Vocalist — no website, but you can read his interviews on Native Instruments & TASCAM
Jim McGorman, Guitarist/Keyboardist/Background Vocalist — also no website, but you can read his interview on Rock Star Go Home
Rafael Moreira, Lead Guitarist/Background Vocalist — visit Rafael's website
Nate Morton, Drummer — you gotta love a guy who cites Animal from The Muppets as his primary influence... visit Nate's website (P.S. If you go to "central casting" on the Muppets website, Animal's bio includes his "must" list: "Food, Women, Drums, rinse and repeat," which I thought it was chuckle worthy.)
Sasha Krivtsov, Bassist — visit Sasha's website

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